New trial sought for South Carolina boy, 14, executed in 1944

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I'll have to take your word for it.... and not yours alone, a lot of Old times have said times were hard but a better in many ways, worse in a few.

Hmmmm, just wondering, were more 14 year olds put to death for murder then or killed by drive-bys now?

What do drive bys have to do with this?

How many do you have in your neighborhood?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

What do drive bys have to do with this?

How many do you have in your neighborhood?

My only point in all this was, can you imagine who terrifying it was for that poor kid.

You guys have have no compassion for those less fortunate than yourself

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

My only point in all this was, can you imagine who terrifying it was for that poor kid.

You guys have have no compassion for those less fortunate than yourself

Nature Boy, I know this little boy was scared beyond belief.

But I was highlighting that once again this is becoming something that it shoudln't be. Talk to your little cousin.

[Danno 1,228]

What do drive bys have to do with this?

How many do you have in your neighborhood?

OF course the mention of "drive-bys" and tying that to the endless stream of Black youth killed kinda highlights your limited outrage.

I mean here you have a Young black kid who very well might have committed murder who then goes on to be executed...

for him you have rivers of tears yet for the wholesale body count going on today, you seem a bit less moved.

Why is that?

*No need to answer, I know why.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

OF course the mention of "drive-bys" and tying that to the endless stream of Black youth killed kinda highlights your limited outrage.

I mean here you have a Young black kid who very well might have committed murder who then goes on to be executed...

for him you have rivers of tears yet for the wholesale body count going on today, you seem a bit less moved.

Why is that?

*No need to answer, I know why.

No you don't. This kid might be innocent, but not in your eyes. But for the love of Pete, this is about his trial. Stop derailing the thread to put down black people.

[Danno 1,228]

No you don't. This kid might be innocent, but not in your eyes. But for the love of Pete, this is about his trial. Stop derailing the thread to put down black people.

Marvin, I don't understand the value is arguing with yourself.

Example: I clearly state a number or times the kid might have been a victim of injustice, yet you claim the kid is guilty in my eyes.

The only thing I said was, no retrial of a case so old could ever prove guilt or innocence in the normal course of our justice system.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Marvin, I don't understand the value is arguing with yourself.

Example: I clearly state a number or times the kid might have been a victim of injustice, yet you claim the kid is guilty in my eyes.

The only thing I said was, no retrial of a case so old could ever prove guilt or innocence in the normal course of our justice system.

Kid needs a new trial. We know how blacks were constantly accused of doing things back then that they didn't do. The lynch mobs needed someone to hang for their crimes, the blacks were the first ones they thought of.

The killing could have very well been done by a white guy or woman.

[Danno 1,228]

Kid needs a new trial. We know how blacks were constantly accused of doing things back then that they didn't do. The lynch mobs needed someone to hang for their crimes, the blacks were the first ones they thought of.

The killing could have very well been done by a white guy or woman.

Apparently "another Black guy" as a possible culprit is not a possibility in your mind?

Just wondering..... was there ever a Black guy guilty of a crime back then... or were they all innocent like today?

I speculate some where the truth is between.

Every Black lynched, executed or imprisoned deserved it

and

none deserved it.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Apparently "another Black guy" as a possible culprit is not a possibility in your mind?

Just wondering..... was there ever a Black guy guilty of a crime back then... or were they all innocent like today?

I speculate some where the truth is between.

Every Black lynched, executed or imprisoned deserved it

and

none deserved it.

A black guy could have, but unlikely knowing he will always be the number 1 suspect.

I'm not going to even comment to the bottom part of your comment because it makes no sense.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Kid needs a new trial. We know how blacks were constantly accused of doing things back then that they didn't do. The lynch mobs needed someone to hang for their crimes, the blacks were the first ones they thought of.

The killing could have very well been done by a white guy or woman.

If he is innocent I would love it to be proven.

Maybe an investigation, and if the evidence shows he was innocent maybe a pardon, would be more in line

I hate to say it, as I am the OP...but I wonder if the "family" is looking for a payday

[Danno 1,228]

A black guy could have, but unlikely knowing he will always be the number 1 suspect.

I'm not going to even comment to the bottom part of your comment because it makes no sense.

- Some in the Black community claim that "Blacks are the first to first suspects" in crime today.... and yet we see an abundance of black crime, why would it have been difference then.

I regret my other point caused confusion, let me try again.

Were any Blacks at all guilty of crimes worthy of death or were Blacks an angelic group back then?

We know a third of those lynched were white, were they also by all means innocent too?

Were no whites railroaded into the elect chair, where is the effort to retry their cases?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

- Some in the Black community claim that "Blacks are the first to first suspects" in crime today.... and yet we see an abundance of black crime, why would it have been difference then.

I regret my other point caused confusion, let me try again.

Were any Blacks at all guilty of crimes worthy of death or were Blacks an angelic group back then?

We know a third of those lynched were white, were they also by all means innocent too?

Were no whites railroaded into the elect chair, where is the effort to retry their cases?

We know whites get off easier when they commit crimes. Look at the drunk driving white boy that killed four people.

Not saying anybody is angelic. All I'm saying is, every black person isn't guilty because they are black.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Danno, you have to know (even if you refuse to admit it) that back in those days, if you were black, you likely identified as a suspect. Even if whitey a few feet away was holding the murder weapon behind his back.

Sure, there are people convicted who are not guilty. It happens. But back then, a "fair trial" was a joke for blacks that whites used to ease their consciences.

[Karee 4,191]

What's the point of all this when all involved are dead?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What's the point of all this when all involved are dead?

Only the dead have seen the end of war. - source unknown, probably George Santayana, misattributed to Plato by Gen. MacArthur in his farewell address to the Cadets at West Point.